Chillin' in SF

Hey y'all. Just chillin' in San Francisco today, it is HOT outside. 78F apparently. I think it is hotter than that. So yeah, it has been a blast so far; a few days in the city followed by a few days up in the Anderson Valley at the Boonville Hotel for Gregor & Caitlin's wedding. We then rented a convertible and drove around Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz and Monterey for a few days and now are back in SF until Saturday.

The wedding was amazing, lovely people, great place, happy times. G&C are now off on their honeymoon to New Zealand and the Cook Islands. Boonville is a quirky little town a couple of hours north of here. A century or so ago the locals invented a local language, Boontling, to keep outsiders feeling very much like outsiders! Globalisation I guess has taken its toll in the Anderson Valley as it has elsewhere as all the locals we met could not have been nicer or more accommodating. Wine tasting at Roederer Estate and Husch Vineyards was neat. Never done that before.

A highlight of the trip south was the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The dude in tourist information told us it would take 3 or 4 hours and I was pretty sceptical, not much can hold my attention for that long. But it did, it was pretty darn cool. Especially the 1 Million Gallon Tank with sharks and giant tuna fish. And a whole section with cool fluorescent jelly fish. I had been to Monterey before but only remembered a pizza place, a book shop and a camera store. This time it was nice to have a wander along Cannery Row and the wharf. We also stopped just north of Half Moon Bay to see if we could see "Mavericks." We couldn't. The ocean was pretty calm. We did however have a nice lunch at the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company where we sampled some of their ales.

So back, I think, on Sunday morning to cold and rainy Edinburgh. Bring it on...

Posted by Paul in USA: CA: San Francisco Travel at September 30, 2005 12:30 AM | 0 Comments | Browse Related Books